Food scoop with sealed prize chamber
AssigneeFederal Paper Board Company, Inc.
InventorLawrence J. Growney
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Abstract
This relates to a food scoop having a false bottom defining in the bottom portion of the scoop a hidden chamber in which a prize or the like may be hidden. The construction of the scoop is such that it may be supplied in a completed folded state and may be easily erected at the site. Further, the hidden compartment is accessible as the scoop is being erected so that the selected prizes, etc. may be inserted into the compartment before the compartment moves into the bottom of the scoop. One of the sides of the scoop is provided with an easy opening feature so that access may be had to the hidden compartment by the purchaser of the product.
Claims8
A scoop for fried potatoes and the like, said scoop comprising an open ended tubular member including first and second sides and a bottom, said scoop being improved by a false bottom within said tubular member above said bottom and defining an auxiliary bottom chamber within said tubular member, said auxiliary bottom chamber opening towards one of said first sides, and said one first side having opening means providing access to said auxiliary bottom chamber, said false bottom being carried by a connecting panel in turn carried by said bottom, and a securing panel carried by said false bottom and secured to one of said second sides, said connecting panel being positioned adjacent the other of said second sides and interlocked therewith.
A scoop for fried potatoes and the like, said scoop comprising an open ended tubular member including first and second sides and a bottom, said scoop being improved by a false bottom within said tubular member above said bottom and defining an auxiliary bottom chamber within said tubular member, said auxiliary bottom chamber opening towards one of said first sides, and said one first side having opening means providing access to said auxiliary bottom chamber, said false bottom being carried by a connecting panel in turn carried by said bottom, and a securing panel carried by said false bottom and secured to one of said second sides, said scoop in a partially erected state may have said one second side and said bottom lying in one common plane while said connecting panel, said false bottom and said securing panel lie in a second immediately adjacent common plane.
A blank for forming a scoop in the form of an open ended tubular member having first and second sides, a bottom and false bottom within said tubular member above said bottom, said blank comprising a flat sheet divided by fold lines to define said first and second sides in adjacent alternating relation, said bottom being directly connected to a lower edge of one of said first sides with said false bottom being connected to said bottom by a connecting panel, and weakening lines in one of said second sides adjacent a lower edge thereof defining an opener strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.